Summaries of surface meteorological measurements at Melbourne Airport (Australia), from 1990-01-01 to 2015-08-09

Surface weather data recorded at the Melbourne Airport observing site (Australia), from 1990-01-01 to 2015-08-09This site is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Site details are as follows;Lat: -37.67, Lon: 144.83, Height above sea level: 113.4 mBureau of Meteorology station ID: 086282Variables included:- Date: the local calendar date across which variables are summarised- WS_DailyMean: daily mean wind speed (units = km/h)- WD_DailyMean: direction of the daily mean (U,V) wind vector (units = degrees clockwise from north)- PR_DailySum: total precipitation from midnight to midnight (units = mm)- TM_DailyMean: daily mean temperature (units = degrees celcius)- RH_DailyMean: daily mean relative humidity (units = percentage)- U_DailyMean: mean daily east-west wind component (units = km/h)- V_DailyMean: mean daily north-south wind component (units = km/h)- WS_Midday: wind speed at midday (units = km/h)- WD_Midday: wind direction at midday (units = degrees clockwise from north)- TM_Midday: temperature at midday (units = degrees celcius)- RH_Midday: relative humidity at midday (units = percentage)- U_Midday: east-west wind component at midday (units = km/h)- V_Midday: north-south wind component at midday (units = km/h)- TS: The code "TS" (denoting thunderstorm) appeared in the METAR/SPECI records at some point in this day. These are based on meteorological observer reports from this site.Notes:1) These data are based on half-hourly summaries supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology.2) When midday values were not available, the snapshot values were taken from the nearest time-point.3) When preparing these summaries, the timing of midday and boundaries of each day were based on local time.Data quality issues:1) Precipitation was not available in this record before 1999-03-02.2) The METAR/SPECI fields were not archived consistently prior to 1999-03-01.The original data can be obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology through their Climate Data services. See www.bom.gov.au for further informationProcessed by Jeremy Silver, University of Melbourne, [e-mail] (2017-12-20)